pykew 0.0.4

Python interface to Kew data

Library for easy access to Kew’s nomenclatural and taxonomic services. Hides the intracacies of usign the HTTP API.

IPNI

Module for searching IPNI data and looking up individual records.

Simple search

import pykew.ipni as ipni

result = ipni.search('Poa annua')

Advanced search

import pykew.ipni as ipni
from pykew.ipni_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = ipni.search(query)

Using results

import pykew.ipni as ipni
from pykew.ipni_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = ipni.search(query)

res.size()
[r['name'] for r in res if 'name' in r]

POWO

Module for searching POWO data and looking up individual records. Taxonomic data is returned by default, but other associated such as distributions and descriptive text can also be retreived.

Simple search

import pykew.powo as powo

result = powo.search('Poa annua')

Advanced search

import pykew.powo as powo
from pykew.powo_terms import Name

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Name.species: 'annua' }
res = powo.search(query)

Individual record

import pykew.powo as powo

res = powo.lookup('urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:320035-2', include=['distribution'])
native_to = [d['name'] for d in res['distribution']['natives']]

Using results

import pykew.powo as powo
from pykew.powo_terms import Name, Geography

query = { Name.genus: 'Poa', Geography.distribution: 'Africa' }
res = powo.search(query)

res.size()
[r['name'] for r in res if 'name' in r]